*Sigh*

Well, my vacation is almost at a close. There is the old adage: “There are many fish in the sea.” Well, whoever said that was a filthy liar and can right go on and fuck themselves. After a week of non-stop fishing I can pretty safely say there are NOT a lot of fish in the sea. Six straight days of fishing has resulted in 2 barely legal fish. Bah.

I am known not to be a big lover of the beach, all that sand just pisses me off – it gets everywhere – and I go on these vacations to avoid the pissing off. The only pissed I want to be on vacation is of the drunk variety. SO the one day I go to hang out at the beach, I have to deal with the storm enhanced waves. That ocean was brutal. The undertow carried me at least 50ft. with each pull. I tried using a boogie board – a piece of foam that does not boogie at all – and was able to ride one wave before it filled my lungs with a gallon of salt water then ripped the leash from my arm. It was quite a bit of fun, actually.

The plus side was that the family decided to retire to the pool instead. Much more my style. Cool off, dunk the niece and nephew, then lounge in a chair beer in hand. That’s the life for me.

Overall, a successful vacation. Very unstressful. It’s weird, but I feel like I miss my anger. My constant fits of rage that my job inspires in me have been nonexistent on this vacation, and my mind doesn’t know what to do with itself. I feel if I lived on this little island permanently a drug habit would be much needed.

I had intended to do some writing, but never really got the chance. I did a lot – a LOT – of reading, but this is about the extent of my writing for the week. It’s ok, though, as with how things are going on with the comic book site and all, I feel like I am actually taking a break, not procrastinating. I did manage a bit of daydreaming, thought up a new story idea, and intend to go full bore when I get back to civilization. Hopefully, I’ll manage to churn some stuff out, and I’ll try to publish some random crap here (I really have no other outlet, so I force it upon you, unsuspecting readers. Now shut up and take it!)

Oh, one last bit, I did get to play Memoir ’44 – a game I bought a month or two ago – for the first time this week with my nephew. It is a fabulous two player game and it really is easy to play. I question how much strategy is involved, as my nephew managed to defeat me on several occasions, but I did help him out when he missed an opportunity. Plus, there is dice rolling involved, and I am always at a disadvantage for some reason.

The other game we’ve been playing non-stop? BOGGLE. That’s right, I got the family hooked on one of the best games ever. Of course, they have yet to defeat me. My dominance at that game amazes even myself. OK, time to enjoy my last few hours of vacation before returning to the grind.